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Thursday 29 December 2011 Summer 2011 This year's surprise was the Jalafuego from Johnny's Seeds. In a year of low production, these still gave me a bunch of beautiful little green spikes that were hot and tasty. Larry's New Mexico peppers also did well. These are bowl-shaped little hot peppers that were good while they lasted. The Early Jalapenos were the ones by the door that got zinged by the aphids early on, and that was enough of a one-two bunch to send them to the locker room. We also tried the plastic bag trick with the peppers this year on a few plants, but the amount of moisture that collects under the bag is astounding, and the plants were suffering from the high humidity. Maybe it'll work better with a larger bag. In any case, the aphids found the peppers, as they always do. Previous years The best hot pepper we have up here is the Early Jalapeno from Territorial Seeds. The plants tend to produce dozens of hot peppers per plant. We've grown them every year with great success. |
The Jalafuego variety, a bright spot in an otherwise dismal year (August 2011). 
The Padrone, another new variety that worked well. 
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